https://github.com/reginald-gillespie/gitsniff
GitSniff is an OSINT tool designed to extract emails from metadata on GitHub accounts and repos.
https://github.com/reginald-gillespie/gitsniff
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GitSniff is an OSINT tool designed to extract emails from metadata on GitHub accounts and repos.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/reginald-gillespie/gitsniff
- Owner: Reginald-Gillespie
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-07-22T15:30:19.000Z (2 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-08-04T03:13:16.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-04T03:30:04.686Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: email, email-osint, github, github-osint, information-gathering, osint, osint-python, osint-reconnaissance, osint-tool, osint-tools, scanner
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 45.9 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# GitSniff
GitSniff is an MIT licensed OSINT tool designed to extract emails from metadata on GitHub accounts and repos.
I built this because all the other similar tools were too limited or broke years ago.
## Features
- Find emails in github repo metadata.
- Find emails from GitHub's user event feed
- Outputs results as a table or JSON
## Install
```bash
pip install gitsniff
```
## Usage
```bash
# Scan a user.
gitsniff -u
# Scan a single repo.
gitsniff -r
# Show full help pages.
gitsniff -h
```
The email, `reginaldgillespie@protonmail.com`, is my email. The rest are the emails of other users found in my repositories because they contributed to them using their real emails.
### Full Help Page
```
$ gitsniff -h
usage: gitsniff [-h] (-u USERNAME | -r OWNER/REPO) [--no-repos] [--no-events] [-f] [--private] [--max-commits N] [--start-index N] [--max-repos N] [--max-events N] [-t TOKEN] [--token-file FILE] [-p URL] [-j]
GitSniff - GitHub Email Scanner for OSINT
options:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
Target Selection (required):
-u, --user USERNAME Scan GitHub user or organization
-r, --repo OWNER/REPO
Scan single repository
Scanning Methods:
--no-repos Disable repository cloning scan
--no-events Disable public event API scan
Repository Options:
-f, --forks Include forked repositories
--private Include private repositories (requires token)
--max-commits N Max commits per repository (default: 1000)
--start-index N Start repo scan from index N (default: 0)
--max-repos N Maximum repositories to scan
Event Options:
--max-events N Max public events to scan (default: 1000)
Connection & Output:
-t, --token TOKEN GitHub personal access token
--token-file FILE Path to token file (default: pat.env)
-p, --proxy URL HTTP/SOCKS proxy URL
-j, --json Output in JSON format
Examples:
gitsniff -u username # Scan user's repositories and events
gitsniff -u username --no-events # Scan only repositories
gitsniff -u username --no-repos # Scan only public events
gitsniff -r owner/repo # Scan specific repository
gitsniff -u username -f --max-repos 5 # Include forks, limit to 5 repos
gitsniff -u username --private -t TOKEN # Include private repos with token
```
---
This project was inspired by similar, but more limited projects such as:
- [GONZOsint/gitrecon](https://github.com/GONZOsint/gitrecon) - scans event feeds for information.
- [chm0dx/gitSome](https://github.com/chm0dx/gitSome) - scans single repositories.